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AUSTIN — Gov.-elect Greg Abbott has raised more than $1.8 million in the weeks after winning a landslide election on Nov.4, helping to propel his war chest to a comfy $12.5 million as he prepares to take office next week. A new campaign finance repo… …

AUSTIN – Sen. Wendy Davis is brushing aside the idea she might lose the governor’s race despite every poll being against her chances, nor is she accepting any thought that her candidacy might have hurt Battleground Texas’ efforts to make Texas co… …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign says it raised more than $4 million over the last month, bringing its total fundraising figure for the current election cycle to about $45 million. Abbott’s campaign released a limite… …

AUSTIN — Wendy Davis’ gubernatorial campaign during the last three months racked up close to another $1 million in contributions from small donors whose identities it has voluntarily opted to keep out of public view, bringing her total from anonymo… …

AUSTIN — Democrat Wendy Davis’ gubernatorial campaign has a combined total of $5.7 million cash on hand heading into the final weeks of the election, spokesman Zac Petkanas said Monday. Monday is the deadline for campaign finance reports covering t… …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Wendy Davis continued bombarding Texas television viewers with thousands of political ads, combining to spend more than $1.7 million in the first week of this month on broadcast TV in the state’s… …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott’s legal team and the squad of lawyers who helped state Sen. Wendy Davis beat back Republican attempts to redraw her district in 2011 could have a court showdown before Election Day. The U.S. Court of Appeals fo… …

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry has flexed his executive power to tap $38 million in emergency funds to pay for the early stages of a National Guard deployment to the border, his office said Friday. The money will be drawn from an existing pot belonging to … …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign is spending $10 million to reserve airtime in the final full month of the election, the San Antonio Express-News has learned, in what amounts to an early precursor of the extravagant ad… …